Sir Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, what a
talent, he sings Rock and Roll, Pop, Country, Classical, Opera and
Gospel-Religious Music with Rock and Roll his main claim to fame. He is also a
writer, actor, comedian, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Cliff has been knighted three times and is
one of the very few Knights of Malta of the Order of St. John the
oldest order of Chivalry that is still in existence, founded in
Jerusalem in 1098, a knight of the British Empire, Officer
of the Order of the British Empire and a knight of Portugal, Order
of Prince Henry the Navigator..

Born from humble beginnings in India in
1940, his family moved to England in 1948. When he was a teenager
his father gave him a guitar for a birthday present and that is where
it all began.

Cliff has sold over 300 million records
in his career, over 100 hit songs, only a few people or groups have
surpassed this mark, Elvis, Micheal Jackson, The Beatles, Abba and a
few more. Cliff had his own variety show on the BBC for a few years
and has been the star and leading man in many movies like "Summer
Holiday" "The Young Ones" "Wonderful life"
to name a few, he has appeared more than 12 movies.

Cliff wrote and stared in the stage
production "Heathcliff" an adaption of the novel "Wuthering
Heights" though focusing on the character of Heathcliff and
adapting the story to fit in with the staging and production. "Heathcliff" opened on
October 16 1996, amongst considerable interest from the world’s
media about Sir Cliff Richard playing the dark, barely civilized,
character, with many sources speculating that Cliff could not carry
off such a role. The opening advance ticket sales for the show were
£8.5 million, believed to be a record at the time. Box office
records were broken for first-week ticket sales. Following the run in
Birmingham the show transferred to Edinburgh for four weeks, before
returning to the NIA for a few additional dates before Christmas.
After the New Year the show opened in the Palace Theater, Manchester
before transferring to London. The final performance was at Labatt's
Apollo, Hammersmith, in May; Cliff had played to audiences of close
to half a million people, and had broken box office records at almost
every theater.

Cliff is still performing to this very
day at over 70 and he looks 20 years younger than he is, probably due
to his style of living. Cliff's only vice seems to be having a few
glasses of wine with friends and family. Cliff does own a winery in
Portugal so I am sure it is his own wine.